31st october 2009

sailed with john russ. weather was predicted 8to 12knts wnw
launched at 1000 and headed for poole bar bouy. the swell was big when we got out of the bay so much that we aborted our attempt. we headed back into the bay and enjoyed reaching up and down. sailed for hour and half. weather was very pleasant.
today was filmed with my bullet cam v.i.o pov.1.5
weather for the last race of the season was predicted 35knts+++
so 2009 season is over for me and john, overall a better season that we did the races and sailing we wanted to do.
with the prospects of richard as my new crew for 2010 things are looking more positive.

hopefully i will get some training in before year end with richard.

AUTUMN series cont

autumn 9
did not travel no crew no race strong winds
autumn 8
did not travel no race light winds
autumn 7
did not travel expected light winds race went ahead

autumn 6 4th oct 09

a light wind day and i thought we could do well. the sea had a big swell from the saturday 30knts that was blowing, it didnt bother me beacause it was actually good fun surfing down the waves.
john was raring to go and so was i, we had a really good start and crossed the line perfectly with mark(hawk) nearer the pin end. they tacked first and we went further. we came out at the mark expecting 1st place but we did not because a dart 18 flew up to the line. the dart 18 was absolutly storming we had a job to pull away from it on the reach. we got to mark 2 ahead we got to mark 3 just ahead we got to mark 4 ahead. this was the first time ever in my sailing that i had led a whole lap at swanage. we kept it going for the whole race with the dart 18 trying to spoil the party.
we finnished the race ahead of the 18 but not enough for us to beat it. mark had spinnaker problems and did not have the speed on the downwind and reach legs.
we finnished 5th overall and the d18 was 2nd clive was 3rd richard m won.
overall i was very pleased with my sailing, john did some good crewing and offered good tactical advice. i have done less sailing but wht i have done i have enjoyed. and that all what matters !!

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